Rayleigh-Taylor instability of an ultrathin foil accelerated by the radiation pressure of an intense laser

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Palmer, C A J ^a   Schreiber, J ^a,b,c   Nagel, S R ^a   Dover, N P ^a   Bellei, C ^a   Beg, F N ^d   Bott, S ^d   Clarke, R J ^e   Dangor, A E ^a   Hassan, S M ^f   Hilz, P ^c   Jung, D ^c   Kneip, S ^a   Mangles, S P D ^a   Lancaster, K L ^e   Rehman, A ^a   Robinson, A P L ^e   Spindloe, C ^e   Szerypo, J ^c   Tatarakis, M ^f   Yeung, M ^g   Zepf, M ^g   Najmudin, Z ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^f TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1021W/CM2; ANTICORRELATION; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; INTENSE LASER; LASER PROFILES; MODULATION WAVELENGTH; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; RADIATION PRESSURE; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITIES; ULTRA-THIN;

PROTON BEAMS;

PRESSURE;

EID: 84861831790     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.225002     Document Type: Article

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